Danbury man helps write book about money

News-Times, The (Danbury, CT), Sandra Diamond Fox CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Published 1:00 am, Friday, January 23, 2009

DANBURY -- How can you manage your debt in today's tough times? What measures should you take to ensure you'll have enough money to last through your lifetime? Where can you find advice on the kind of stocks and bonds you should invest in?

City resident
Tom Arconti
, 51, one of the authors of the newly published book "Investing in an Uncertain Economy For Dummies," will answer those questions and others at his book talk and signing Sunday at 3 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 15 Backus Ave.

The event is free and open to the public. Reservations aren't required. Following the talk, Arconti will answer questions and offer advice.

The book, published by Wiley Publishing, costs $21.99 but is on sale at the store this month for $15.39.

Arconti, founder and president of

Arconti Financial Advisors
in Danbury, is among the book's 70 contributors -- members of the Garrett Planning Network, an international network of financial advisers.

"This book is meant to be a resource guide for anyone who is concerned by their personal finances," Arconti said. "It gives 83 different tips and strategies that can help someone though every stage of their lives."

In following the common theme behind the more than 150 million "For Dummies" books in print on over 1,300 topics, "the book provides a very reader-friendly, easy to digest guide that anyone can understand,"
Sheryl Garrett
, founder of the Garrett Planning Network, said in a telephone conversation from Kansas.

According to Arconti, in uncertain times, it's so easy for emotions to take over and cause people to make bad financial choices. When they're armed with information, they have a much better chance of making good decisions.

Arconti, who ran for mayor of Danbury in 2003, served on the city's
Common Council
for 10 years.

"It's ironic that when we started writing this guide in the spring," he said, "little did we know the economy would get as bad as it did. It ended up being a very timely book."